Palliative care professional education via video conference builds confidence to deliver palliative care in rural and remote locations

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ray, Robin A ^a   Fried, Ofra ^b   Lindsay, Daniel ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Townsville Health District Palliative Care Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity; Confidence; Education; Palliative care; Rural workforce; Video conferencing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; RURAL HEALTH CARE; VIDEOCONFERENCING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84902702349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-272     Document Type: Article

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